Power and people in ancient Rome

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The ancient Romans constructed some of the first ever purpose-built venues for mass-entertainment. How do these structures enhance the audience’s experience of the spectacle? This album looks at famous Roman buildings like the Colosseum, a venue designed to impress, where vast numbers of people congregated for gladiatorial combat, chariot-racing and theatrical shows. Structures such as the Circus Maximus and even the Baths were designed as striking symbols of civic pride, glorifying the power of the Emperors who built them. This material forms part of The Open University course A219 Exploring the classical world.

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Power and people in ancient Rome

An audio introduction to this album.

1 December 2009, 1:55 am
Transcript -- Power and people in ancient Rome

Transcript -- An audio introduction to this album.

1 December 2009, 1:55 am
1 minute 5 seconds

The Colosseum of Rome

The most impressive structure in ancient Rome

1 December 2009, 1:54 am
Transcript -- The Colosseum of Rome

Transcript -- The most impressive structure in ancient Rome

1 December 2009, 1:54 am
3 minutes 33 seconds

Roman amphitheatres

How Roman theatres evolved from informal spaces to formal monumentalised structures.

1 December 2009, 1:53 am
Transcript -- Roman amphitheatres

Transcript -- How Roman theatres evolved from informal spaces to formal monumentalised structures.

1 December 2009, 1:53 am
2 minutes 31 seconds

Glorifying Rome

How ancient Roman entertainment venues symbolized the power and might of Rome’s ruling dynasties.

1 December 2009, 1:52 am
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Transcript -- How ancient Roman entertainment venues symbolized the power and might of Rome’s ruling dynasties.

1 December 2009, 1:52 am
5 minutes

Audience

Entertaining and impressing large numbers of people in ancient Rome.

1 December 2009, 1:51 am
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Transcript -- Entertaining and impressing large numbers of people in ancient Rome.

1 December 2009, 1:51 am
2 minutes 9 seconds

Spectacle

When only fragments remain how are we to get a sense of what the structure felt like to be inside?

1 December 2009, 1:50 am
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